Finding your fitness: Don't sweat it - perspiration is worth it

12:05 AM,
Sep. 22, 2012

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Lisa SinclairFinding your fitness

In the many pictures I have of happy runner friends after a race or soccer teams following a tournament, you see the smiles and the cheers; what you can't see is the smell. I'm sure it's there, but fortunately it's not part of the lasting memory.

It's difficult and probably impossible to reach any level of fitness without breaking into a sweat on a regular and consistent basis. When it comes to working out, sweat in itself is not offensive as long as you keep it to yourself. There seems to always be that dripping guy on the stair master who shakes his head, spraying a sweaty shower all around him and ...